USMC to "Reveal" V-22 Deployment Friday

By James T. McKenna | April 11, 2007

The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps is slated to formally announce the deployment of the first operational MV-22 Osprey squadron in a Pentagon press briefing Friday. The late morning briefing by Gen. James T. Conway, and his deputy for aviation, Lt. Gen. John G. Castellaw, is to be followed by an orientation flight in the Bell Helicopter/Boeing tilt-rotor for 20 media representatives. For related news